• 2026

    • APACE – $2,140 – AED purchased for the Seward Day Center

    • Great Plains Literacy Festival – $1,500 – Sponsor a published author

    • Southeast Nebraska CASA – $1,500 – BraveBe Child Advocacy Center training for Seward County residents

    • Seward Arts Council — $2,500 — 5th Street Music Festival

    2025

    • Great Plains Literacy Festival – $5,200 – Sponsor a published author

    • Seward County Gives – $2,500 – Website development and promotion

    • Seward Kiwanis Club – Imagination Library – $2,500 – Books mailed to children throughout the county

    • Seward & Milford Kiwanis Clubs – Healthy Foods Class – $4,000

    • Seward County Young Professionals — $5,000

    • Connecting Young Nebraskans Summit – $1,000 – Hosted in Seward for young leaders across Nebraska

    • Seward Arts Council — $2,500 — 5th Street Music Festival

    • Seward County Genealogical Society — $500 — Record preservation

    2024

    • CUNE/FFA Leadership Development Event – $500

    • Seward Kiwanis Imagination Library – $1,000 – Books mailed to children throughout the county

    • Seward County Ag Society (4-H/FFA) – $5,000 – Children's statue at the Seward County Fairgrounds

    • Heartfelt Memorial — $1,000

    2023

    • Seward Arts Council – $1,200 – 5th Street Music Festival

    • Seward County Genealogical Society – $1,000 – School record preservation

    • Seward & Milford Kiwanis Healthy Food Class – $4,000

    • Seward Wellness Center – Youth Center — $50,000 (5-year commitment)

    • Seward County Chamber & Development Partnership – $2,000 – Rural Workforce Housing Fund

    2022

    • Southeast Nebraska CASA – $1,000

    • Heart to Heart Ministries – $2,000 – Counseling services

    • Hope Crisis Center — $2.000

  • 2026

    • Seward Arts Council – $2,500 – 5th Street Music Festival

    • Seward Kiwanis – $1,000 – Flagpole trailer

    2025

    • Seward Arts Council – $2,500 — 5th Street Music Festival

    • Seward County Genealogical Society – $500 – Record preservation

    • Seward Rotary – $7,700 – Bandshell shade sails

    • Olde Glory Foundation – $5,000 – Building renovation

    2024

    • Civic Center – $20,000 (2-year commitment) – ADA renovations

    • Plum Creek Sports & Turf – $15,000 (3-year commitment) – Baseball & softball field improvements

    • Seward 1st Impressions – $2,500 – Welcome signs

    • Bright Beginnings Door Security — $3,500

    • St. John Lutheran School Door Security — $3,000

    2023

    • Seward Arts Council — $1,200 — 5th Street Music Festival

    • Helping Hands Kiwanis – $5,000 – Child Watch Room

    • Seward Chamber & Development Partnership – $2,500 – Illuminate Seward

    2022

    • Hope Crisis Center – $2,000

  • 2025

    • Seward & Milford Kiwanis Clubs – Healthy Foods Class – $4,000

    2023

    • Seward & Milford Kiwanis Clubs — Healthy Foods Class – $4,000

    2022

    • Milford Kiwanis – $3,000 – Playground soft landing material

  • 2025

    • Utica Community Foundation – $3,000 – Playground project

    2024

    • Utica Cemetery Association – $2,500 – Fence replacement

    • Utica Mural Project – $2,500

  • 2025

    • Build Beaver – $5,000 – Rebuilding public spaces after 2014 tornado

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  • No community-specific grants awarded yet. Apply today!

  • No community-specific grants awarded yet. Apply today!

    • Our Redeemer Lutheran Ministry Center – $5,000 – Audio/visual upgrades